Overview

Cuisinart went completely stainless with their Grind Central Coffee Grinder. This little dynamo is constructed of Stainless Steel right down to its blades. The Cuisinart Grind Central has a heavy-duty motor that is activated by a push button control. Simply press it to grind. There is a built-in safety interlock to prevent grinding unless the lid is securely in place. The bean hopper of the Grind Central is a removable stainless steel bowl. Just give it a slight twist and your bean hopper/ ground coffee container lifts right off. Empty the ground coffee into your coffee filter, and take it right to the dishwasher for easy clean up! Available in Brushed Stainless Steel.

Lee, you will be much better served by purchasing a burr grinder, and with burr grinders you typically get what you pay for, so do your homework. A blade grinder will not grind consistently enough so you will get dust and boulders (large and small particles) which extract at different rates - the small dust extracting faster and/or over extracting creating bitter coffee. I went with a cheap blade grinder for awhile on my FP and once I got a good burr grinder I notice a big difference in body, overall balance, and flavor profile.

Blade grinders do not have grind settings - to grind finer, you will simply grind for a longer amount of time. Burr grinders do have grind settings from coarse to fine, which allow you to get the perfect grind no matter what brewing method youre using and create a more even and consistent grind than blade grinders can provide. Im not sure how fine youll need your grinds, but there are a couple of models I can recommend: the Krups Burr Grinder and the Bunn BCG. Both models have the ability for you to change the grind setting and select how much youd like to grind based on the number of cups. You can learn more about these grinders by following the links below.

The Grind Central can hold and grind up to 4 oz of coffee, which is more than enough for a 12-cup pot of drip coffee. Information like this can be found for any of the grinders we carry by following the link below to our Compare-O-Matic.

The Grind Central has a single on/off button that you press and hold to grind - when you let go, grinding will stop. In addition, this grinder has a safety mechanism that wont let you grind unless the lid is on and locked into place.

Reviews

Have used this grinder daily for 6 years. No mechanical problems, a very durable unit.
Will not grind to espresso fineness easily, but, will grind your drip coffee effortlessly, and
with practice ( you need to keep time yourself) will grind consistently.
I would buy this grinder again...... but am not needing another utility grinder because this
one STILL works great.

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Richard Winchell

Good For A Brade Grinder

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My wife and I received this grinder as a gift overy three years ago. We had no mechanical problems at all with it. However, it did not grind evenly - some beans were finely ground while others were left in large chunks. It was also difficult to create the same level of grind day to day. I had read at WLL about the superiority of burr grinders and recetly purchased a Baratza Virtuoso. With this grinder, the beans are beautifully and uniformly ground, and the coffee tastes noticably better. I now believe that blade grinders should be used for nuts, seeds, and spices. Good coffee deserves a qality burr grinder.

What's Best About this Product?
Mechanically sound and durable.

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robin ayres

terrible machine motor burned out right away

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you have to hold down the button the entire time it is operating. the motor burned out the third time i used it

What's Best About this Product?
good looking (I should know better by now)

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Mark Thompson

Poor performance experienced with grinder & customer service.

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Had the Grind Central Grinder a little over 2 months. It was hard to remove from the base and eventually broke off at the bottom of the canister that the beans are placed in. Would not purchase anything else from Cuisinart after this experience.

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Stan

Cuisinart Grind Central Grinder

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It seemed to work, for a while. I work at a facility that has a lot of coffee drinkers, so we make several pots a day and several pots for night shift, in addition to people that make individual cups for themselves. In fact I think we should be a test bed for coffee products, cause we seem to be pretty tough on the hardware!!
The grinder worked well, at first. Over a 3 month period the blades became dull, rather quickly. And shortly there after the motor started to smell like it was burning. We stopped using it before it physically stopped working.

What's Best About this Product?
We liked the size of the bowl, cause you could grind one batch of beans versus grinding ttwo batches with a smaller grinder.

Some Helpful Tips For Using this Product
Some of the guys were guessing the reason the blades went dull was we were grinding cold/frozen beans that just came out of the frig. Not sure if thats true? Anyone.